The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-08-20

leg at Chickamauga. In 1SGi-5 he held command
for a time Of the western Confederate army. but
was relieved from duty in consequence Of defeats
received at the hands of Gen. Thomas He then
retired to private life and to poverty. lie died in
1879 leaving a large family II dependent children
who were generously provided for by the citizens
Of the south and elsewhere
At o'clock that very morning, Gen Blu
ford. securing about with his cavalry, saw
moving clouds of dust from the direction
of Gainesville and Thoroughfarc Gap. Long
street, with 10000 men, was already there,
thirty-six hours before he was expected. As
for Longstreeot, he heard before he reached
Gainesville the noise Of the battle that had
already begun between Sigels corps and
Jackson, and then, he says, the march was
quickcnei to the extent Of our capacity. v
BY II 80 o'clock LonGstreet's line of battle
ut Groveton was complete.
Hoods batteries were ordered into position
on the Warreuton turnpike Immediately on
their arrival.
Longstreet aud Jackson formed their line
of battle in the shape of Il blunt Y at Grove
ton on the Goth. jackson was on the right
arm Of it, Longstreet ON the left. The tlispo-
sition was very advantageous one. Lee
commanded in person.
lbIl III tltttIt'l Nltl'hWtll ana + lVE Jt iln
Porter to move forward toward Gainesville
on the morning of the 29.h. They were at
Bethlehem church, two Mills away. Me
Dowell, being the senior officer, took on him
self the execution of the joint order. lie gave
Porter an order and pushed ON to the battle
field
AT this point begins the controversy which
led to the historic and intcrminable FItz John
Porter case. Mcdowell understood his order
20, hat -l,, t,Iv.
road, where large body of Confederates
were seen advancing. The words were:
You put your force in here Porter teSti-
fled that he understood the order to be that
he should stay where he was
The battle Of Grovcton waxed hotter and
hotter Pope was still ignorant Of the arrival
of LongStreet i'll the afternoon. But at 4:S0
be sent an order TO Ftz John Porter TO come
No and go into action. Porter received it two
hours afterward He did not obey it. He
considered that he could not move his artil-
lery, and that, besides, there were too many
Confederates about there To risk il. His sem
tence for dlSobedience and the subsequent
proceedings in reference to it are familiar to
MI newspaper readers,
At 3 O'Clock in the afternoon of the Goth
occurred some Of the most barbarous fighting
known to modern times. Gen. Grover. OF
llookers division, charged on the Confcder-
ate left, commanded by A. y. Hill. 1t was
desperate charge, with bayonet and dubbed
musket, against the Confederate ranks, three
lines deep. After ferocious fighting Grover
was driven back. The ammunition gave ont
among Hills men. They snatched up the
stones from piles that lay about to be usei on
the railroad and hurled them against their
foe, When the Union dead We're afterward
gathered up a considerable number were
found with their skulls broken.
At other points all over the field the con-
test was equally bloody.
The battle only ceased at O'Clock at night.
Tue armies slept upon the field. Pope be-